The South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) is a human intervention by the government of South Africa, led by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the National Research Foundation (NRF). It is designed to significantly expand the scientific research base of the country in a way that is relevant to national development and in support of making South Africa an internationally competitive global knowledge economy.
The South African Research Chairs Initiative has five interrelated objectives:
UP South African Research Chairs
Prof Jaceck Banasiak Mathematics Models and Methods in Bioengineering and Biosciences NAS
Prof Riel Franzsen Tax Policy and Governance, EMS
Prof Lyn-Marie Birkholtz Sustainable Malaria Control, NAS
Prof Brenda Wingfield Fungal Genomics, NAS
Prof Wanda Markotter Animal Infectious Diseases (Zoonosis), HS
Prof Celia Abolnik Poultry Health and Production in South Africa, VET
Prof Din Chen Biostatistics in South Africa, NAS
Prof Frans Viljoen International Constitutional Law, LAW (acting)
Prof Namrita Lall Plant Health Products from Indigenous Knowledge Systems, NAS
Prof Mmantsae Diale Clean and Green Energy, NAS
Prof Hettie Schonfeldt Nutrition and Food Security, NAS
Prof Mavis Mulaudzi Ubuntu Community model of nursing, HS
Prof Ramesh Bansal Energy and Power Systems Modelling, EBIT
Prof Henrietta Langmi Advanced Materials and Sustainable Energy, NAS
UP co-hosted SARChI - National Facilities
Prof John McKean HartRAO SARChI Research Chair: Very Long Baseline Interferometry, NAS
Prof Andrew McKechnie National Zoological Gardens SARChI Research Chair: Conservation Physiology, NAS
NRF-UP Co-Funded SARChIs
Prof Nelishia Pillay Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development, EBIT
Prof Zodwa Dlamini Precision Oncology and Cancer Prevention, HS
Dr Keoagile Mogase Marine Macrobiomics, NAS (acting)
Prof Christopher Nshimbi Political Economy of Migration in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region, HUM
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